Dr. J's Shakespeare

Fireside Poems
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Each episode Dr. J reads a dramatic passage from one of Shakespeare’s plays and discusses how it and the play its from equip us for life’s challenges as well as giving us the pleasures of art.

  1. 07/15/2023

    The General Challenger

    The match between Orlando and Charles the Wrestler considered as a metaphor for the confrontation between every individual human being and the world.

    18 min

  2. 06/15/2023

    Hector & Achilles

    Shakespeare portrays the combat between Hector and Achilles differently that it's portrayed in Homer's Iliad. Shakespeare is cynical about Achilles, cynical about Hector, and cynical about the Trojan War. There is no heroism and no dignity.

    20 min

  3. 05/24/2023

    What a King is This!

    Hamlet relates to his friend Horatio how he sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths.

    13 min

  4. 05/11/2023

    A pound of Flesh

    The Merchant of Venice weighs justice and mercy in the balance, but does it also betray Shakespeare as antisemitic?

    32 min

  5. 04/27/2023

    Kill Claudio

    A woman asks her lover to kill his best friend.

    15 min

  6. 04/12/2023

    Not Alone Unhappy

    Society depends on human sympathy, including sympathy for those who are unhappy, who can also find companionship in literature and art.

    12 min

  7. 03/22/2023

    Love-In-Idlesness

    The flower Love-In-Idlesess, and particularly its juice dropped on a sleeper's eye, is the source of all erotic love and woe.

    13 min

  8. 03/09/2023

    We Are Two Lions

    Julius Caesar waivers over whether to visit the Senateon the Ides of March.

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Each episode Dr. J reads a dramatic passage from one of Shakespeare’s plays and discusses how it and the play its from equip us for life’s challenges as well as giving us the pleasures of art.

Information

  • Creator
    Fireside Poems
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Dr. J's Shakespeare